The first novel of Sartre's monumental Road to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of World War II draw closer--even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy--his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense. Translated from the French by Eric Sutton.

The first novel of Sartre's monumental Road to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of World War II draw closer--even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy--his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense. Translated from the French by Eric Sutton.